Whenever the tenant under any demise or agreement of rental, express or implied, verbal or written, of lands or tenements, whether real estate or chattels real within the limits of the City of Baltimore, shall fail to pay the rent thereunder when due and payable, it shall be lawful for the lessor to have again and repossess the premises so rented. The filing of a complaint in summary ejectment under <cite data-path="9">this subtitle</cite>, the trial of said cause and the granting of a judgment of restitution shall not preclude the plaintiff or the owner of said premises from filing and maintaining an independent suit for rent due and unpaid. P.L.L., 1888, § 635 1915, §651 1927, §651 1930, §651 1938, §751 1949, §456, l 969, <cite data-path="9|§9-2">§9-2</cite> 1888, ch, 487 1890, ch. 327 1898, ch. 123, §651 1943, ch. 599 1987, ch. 245